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Alex Roarty retweeted
For @WashingtonSun: The DCCC has opened a $25M line of credit. "It will ensure we can finish the cycle strong and win the largest majority possible," the DCCC told me. "The amount is in line with how much we normally do, adjusted for Trump inflation." washingtonsun.com/campaigns/…
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Alex Roarty retweeted
Read @pkcapitol on Durbin, the longest serving party whip in Senate history, who wanted to end his career walking out the front door "rather than be carried out the back.” On Harry Reid going nuclear: “He was warned ahead of time there would be retribution. It all occurred and we’re still suffering from that." And on why Dems shouldn't follow McConnell rule on SCOTUS: washingtonsun.com/congress/d…
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Alex Roarty retweeted
New: Republicans are worried that North Carolina’s reliably red 11th District is on the verge of turning blue. A GOP strategist said the seat in western NC was “a long shot to hold onto this cycle.” w/ @Alex_Roarty & @will_hofmann washingtonsun.com/campaigns/…
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NEW: Republicans are increasingly worried that NC-11 - a district Trump won by nearly 10 - is already lost. Said a NC GOP operative: "The rating in the 11th District should be likely Democrat, not lean Democrat.” Sign of how deep the Dem wave could go washingtonsun.com/campaigns/…
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If there's a silver lining for Rs, it's that some factors unique to district are boosting Dems there: Edwards' scandal put the GOP in a tough spot, Ager is viewed as a very strong candidate, the Senate race is going poorly. But still an ominious sign for the party 2 weeks out
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also confirming @allymutnick scoop that No Going Back pulled reservations there. Some Rs maintain the party has a path to victory in the district. But others, including Ds and some GOP operatives, think the race has been effectively over since September
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Alex Roarty retweeted
Scoop - House Majority PAC begging donors for more cash, per private memo, as it looks to expand the map. Memo has polling from 13 districts that Trump won by 8 to 21 percentage points in 2024. All races within MOE, Ds up in half. On the map shifts: washingtonsun.com/campaigns/…
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The State Department is aggressively trying to force out its most senior foreign service officers they view as standing in the way of their agenda, as they recruit and promote staff viewed as more politically loyal, per @EricM_Katz washingtonsun.com/administra…
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Alex Roarty retweeted
Personal news: I am become print, destroyer of trees You can now read our story on the Senate Body Guy Caucus in The Washington Sun Magazine, which is ‘hot off the presses’ (no idea what that means) this week!
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Alex Roarty retweeted
Camp Lejeune veterans and their families have been pleading for help for years. Their stories are heartbreaking. I wrote about them here: washingtonpost.com/politics/… The president says here that he will only fund help for these families if his party does well in an election.
Trump on Camp Lejeune water contamination claims: "If we win the House and Senate, I am directing the Department of Justice to settle all remaining legitimate claims as soon as possible ... if we don't win, there's no money."
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Alex Roarty retweeted
SCOOP: Vivek Ramaswamy is doubling down on the explosive ad featuring Amy Acton's estranged mother attacking her daughter, putting $4 million behind it despite fierce bipartisan backlash More >> axios.com/2026/10/21/ramaswa…
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A Bo French-Jon Rosenthal debate in Dallas Thursday has been officially called off. French’s campaign confirmed it verbally but has ghosted the DFW Press & Media Club sponsor since then, according to the club. #txrrc
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Front and center on the @CNN homepage: Season Two of my series "Priced Out in America" is a go. First episode: the farmer affordability crisis in Iowa, w/ the incomparable @jjsimonCNN & an amazing team.
Thrilled to finally drop the project I’ve been working on for the last few months - my four-part mini-series (and a lot more) on the people and places that embody structural economic ruptures driving the “affordability” crisis
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49ers QB Brock Purdy -- somehow, someway -- is now the NFL all-time leader in passer rating (105.6), according to NFL Research
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New — Democrats are turning promises to investigate Trump, his family and close circle into a fundraising pitch, a @washingtonsun analysis found. We identified 32 fundraising emails promising Trump probes in exchange for political support. Robert Garcia, the top Dem on House Oversight, accounted for 28 of them. In one email, Garcia floats subpoenas Trump’s family, Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem and others if Dems retake the House. The message then asked supporters for $5. Garcia’s campaign for his own safe blue seat raised more than $700k in the third quarter, bringing his cycle total to $3.3 million. He’s also raised $1.4 million for the DCCC and more than $1 million for its Red to Blue program. The appeals raise an interesting ethics question: House rules prohibit linking campaign solicitations to official actions. But a former congressional ethics lawyer told me these emails don’t cross that line. More on how Democrats are fundraising off their promises to investigate Trumpworld: washingtonsun.com/congress/t…
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NEW: Leger Fernandez and Cammack want the House to vote on ethics reform But members doubt Mike Johnson will prioritize it in the lame duck “I don’t know how much of an appetite there is for ethics reform,” one R said “Not holding my breath,” one D said washingtonsun.com/congress/h…
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The Trump economy is also affecting Trump merch: The cost of [MAGA] hats and several other Trump-themed items have spiked. A Washington Sun review of dozens of Trump products ... revealed notable price hikes for several popular products washingtonsun.com/influence/…
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a campaign that tries something risky like this ad is usually a campaign that thinks it's losing
Replying to @samstein
Acton releases a response from her brother, which makes me think this will become even more of a backfire. Vivek has simultaneously elevated the horrific story of her upbringing, framed her as someone who's overcome unthinkable horror, and painted himself as a sleeze
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